January 8, 2009 - The Premier healthcare alliance sent a letter to Congressional leadership yesterday urging the inclusion of health information technology (HIT) in economic stimulus legislation.

In the letter, Premier said that HIT will improve healthcare quality, reduce errors and holds the potential for long-term savings and efficiencies for the healthcare system.

January 7, 2009 - As part of an imaging and storage expansion initiative, Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, IA, placed an order with Carestream Health Inc., for additional CARESTREAM Enterprise Information Management licenses and two IBM XIV Storage Systems.

In addition to growing demand for all of its imaging services, the facility is expanding its storage area network to support digital mammography, cardiac catheterization studies and vascular ultrasound images.

January 7, 2009 - The annual "Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services" report named Hyland Software's OnBase document management solution as the one solution that users would choose to buy again 100 percent of the time.

Janaury 7, 2009 - The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) granted approval to AGA Medical Corp. for its AMPLATZERDuct Occluder (ADO), a percutaneous, transcatheter occlusion device used for the non-surgical closure of a common structural heart defect known as patent ductus arteriosus (PDA).

January 7, 2009 – Every year, more than 500,000 people have coronary bypass surgery, and according to a New England Journal of Medicine study, more than half of those patients suffer from post-operative cognitive decline after their bypass due to the depth and duration of brain oxygen desaturation during these procedures.

January 7, 2009 - Cameron Health Inc. announced today the first CE trial implants in Europe and New Zealand for Cameron Health’s Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator (S-ICD) System.

January 7, 2009 - The Sixth International Chronic Total Occlusion Summit is Feb. 5-6, at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel in the heart of Times Square at 1535 Broadway, New York, NY.

Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) of coronary arteries represent one of the greatest challenges to interventional cardiologists. Successful revascularization of CTOs has been strongly associated with improved left ventricular function, freedom from angina and future revascularization, and in several studies increased survival.

January 7, 2009 - According to a study performed at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, the Framingham and National Cholesterol Education Program tools (NCEP) are not accurate predictors of coronary heart disease.

The study that included 1,653 patients with no history of coronary heart disease was published in the January issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

January 6, 2009 - Ziosoft Inc., an advanced visualization and analysis software for medical imaging, today received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its CT brain perfusion application, which is accessible to clinicians throughout the enterprise using the Ziostation thin-client system.

January 6, 2009 - New research published in the January edition of the HeartRhythm Journal reveals that abandoning a nonfunctioning lead in an ICD patient is safe and does not pose a clinically significant risk of complication.

The new study published also suggests lead extraction should be reserved for cases of system infection or when large numbers of leads have been abandoned.

Subscribe to
© Copyright Wainscot Media. All Rights Reserved.
Subscribe Now